My issue with this is that it assumes that Middle American White culture is the only true "American" culture. Why is knowing a NASCAR driver more American than knowing who Thurgood Marshall or Lou Reed was ? Why is watching mass market hit shows more American than watching "Mad Men" or "The Wire" or "Broad City" ? Why is seeing blockbuster hit movies more American than watching Woody Allen or Martin Scorsese or Quentin Tarantino or Richard Linklater films ? Why is listening to Country music more American than Prince or Aretha or Santana or Leonard Bernstein or Charlie Parker or Nas ? And don't those who score high on this test exist in a "bubble" in relation to MY culture and experiences ??

I just have issues with the entire premise that they are starting from - which is that Midwestern/Southern White culture is the authentic "American culture", and if you are not a participant in that world , you are in some out of touch "bubble ".

I just have issues with the entire premise that they are starting from - which is that Midwestern/Southern White culture is the authentic "American culture", and if you are not a participant in that world , you are in some out of touch "bubble ".

i am confused as to how each answer is related to being or not being in the bubble... like fishing... how it that a bubble issue? people of all walks fish... or the ones about the military? there are many poor and few have a degree and many are minorities. So how does that affect the scores?

I had it good as a kid but I have lived in some very low-income areas.

and I would say if you can understand the 25 questions you are a little in the bubble....some had double negatives and you would need better than a high school education to really get them.

"I was raped by the Arkansas AG who then becomes Governor & President..." Juanita Broaddrick

I just have issues with the entire premise that they are starting from - which is that Midwestern/Southern White culture is the authentic "American culture", and if you are not a participant in that world , you are in some out of touch "bubble ".

i am confused as to how each answer is related to being or not being in the bubble... like fishing... how it that a bubble issue? people of all walks fish... or the ones about the military? there are many poor and few have a degree and many are minorities. So how does that affect the scores?

I had it good as a kid but I have lived in some very low-income areas.

and I would say if you can understand the 25 questions you are a little in the bubble....some had double negatives and you would need better than a high school education to really get them.

That's pretty much my point- it is full of assumptions of how some people live or were raised

i am confused as to how each answer is related to being or not being in the bubble... like fishing... how it that a bubble issue? people of all walks fish... or the ones about the military? there are many poor and few have a degree and many are minorities. So how does that affect the scores?

I had it good as a kid but I have lived in some very low-income areas.

and I would say if you can understand the 25 questions you are a little in the bubble....some had double negatives and you would need better than a high school education to really get them.

That's pretty much my point- it is full of assumptions of how some people live or were raised

woot we agree!

"I was raped by the Arkansas AG who then becomes Governor & President..." Juanita Broaddrick